KINNEAR, John Gardiner. Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839 with remarks on the government of Mehemet Ali, and on the present prospects of Syria, London: John Murray, 1841, 8°, FIRST EDITION, errata slip, contemporary blue cloth (spine block twisted, paper label on spine browned). [Blackmer 913: "Kinnear was a member of a well-known family of Scottish bankers and merchants. In 1839 he met David Roberts in Egypt and travelled with him to Mt. Sinai and Petra. This work, dedicated to Roberts, is an account of that journey and of Kinnear's subsequent travels in Syria"]

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KINNEAR, John Gardiner. Cairo, Petra, and Damascus, in 1839 with remarks on the government of Mehemet Ali, and on the present prospects of Syria, London: John Murray, 1841, 8°, FIRST EDITION, errata slip, contemporary blue cloth (spine block twisted, paper label on spine browned). [Blackmer 913: "Kinnear was a member of a well-known family of Scottish bankers and merchants. In 1839 he met David Roberts in Egypt and travelled with him to Mt. Sinai and Petra. This work, dedicated to Roberts, is an account of that journey and of Kinnear's subsequent travels in Syria"]

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